BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Wildlife managers say predictions of a poor duck breeding season in North Dakota due to the drought have proven true, and hunters should expect challenging conditions this fall. The number of duck broods, or families, observed during the state Game and Fish Department’s annual mid-July survey was the lowest in nearly three decades. This year’s fall duck flight is expected to be down 36% from last year. Mike Szymanski, the agency’s migratory game bird management supervisor, tells the Bismarck Tribune that hunters should take advantage of early migrants like blue-winged teal during the first two weeks of the season, rather than the local duck population.